"Ima Hogg" redux

[Jonathan Lighter]

Worst case I have personal knowledge of [WARNING: YOU MUST BE 21]:

About twenty-five years ago student of mine married a guy named
A. Kirven Cocke.

I think the "A." was for "Alan."

JL




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Alhough I find many younger speakers who do not know this synonym for
the unspellable condition.

dInIs

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>The surname, "Pyles," is itself right funny.
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>-Wilson
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>On 5/31/07, Doug Harris  wrote:
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>>  Oh, and I used to know a Michael Hunt, who was _never_ called Mike. To his
>>  face, anyway.
>>  (the other) doug
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>>  ----------
>>  I remind colleagues again that one of the best reads in American
>>  onomastics is Thomas Pyles' "Bible Belt Onomastics" (Names 7 [June
>>  1959]: 84-200). There you will find parents much crueler than the
>>  Hoggs, Hoeres, and Hookers (e.g., the Days who named there daughter
>>  Pamela Gay; the Sweats, who named their daughter Alure; the
>>  Turnipseeds who named their daughter Etta, the Pickles who named
>>  their son Dill  (who became a pickle salesman); the Fails who named
>>  their son Never (who did not make it through high school), and on and
>>  on).
>>
>>  dInIs
>>  >
>>  >When I was a teenager, I once met a girl named "Emma Hoare." Now, I've
>>  >recently met "Anita Hooker."
>>  >
>>  >Some parents are absolutely merciless.
>>  >
>>  >-Wilson
>>  >--
>>  >All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
>>  >come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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Department of English
15C Morrill Hall
Michigan State University
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517-353-4736
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